Garment hanger



April 23, 1940. J. A. pocKs'rE'r'rER ET AL 2,198,107

GARMENT HANGER Filed Oct. 17, 1938 1 2. Jligil.

lfivenlor. Jim/ Docks Keller Mi efase bZ E. fimm e Patented Apr. 23, 1940 UNITED STATES GARMENT HANGER John A. Dockstetter and Joseph E. Savage, Cleveland, Ohio Application October 17, 1938, Serial No. 235,408

2 Claims.

The present invention relates to an improved garment-hanger.

Among the objects of the invention are the following:

An improved construction of a hook in connection with the garment-hanger.

A more convenient hook, readily accessible when a garment is placed on the portion below the hook proper.

These objects, and such other objects as may hereinafter appear, are obtained by the novel construction, unique combination and improved arrangement of the several elements constituting the invention, several forms of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawing hereby made a part of this specification and in which:

Figure l is a front view of a coat hanger showing the hook member in folded position.

Figure 2 is a side view of a coat hanger showing a modified form of coat hanging portion, the hook member being shown open in the full lines, and folded in the chain lines.

Referring to Figure 1, the garment-hanger comprises a coat hanger portion ID of substantially isosceles triangular configuration made from an integral wire.

In Figure 2 the coat hanger is of arcuate or other suitable configuration and may be made of wood or other suitable composite material.

In the integral member 29 there is provided a horizontally extending encircling bearing 33 formed by helically twisting the wire as at 3. In the bearing thus formed there is mounted the portion 32 of the hook portion 33. The end 34 of the portion 32 is bent at a right angle as at 35 to prevent that portion of the hook from being disengaged from the bearing. The other portion 36 of the hook is angularly inclined to the portion 33 the apex 31 of angle thus formed is forward of the bearing when the hook is in the horizontal position as shown in Fig, 2. The end portion 39 of the portion 36 is provided with an open hook 39. This hook engages the vertically extending member 40 and is adapted to maintain the longitudinal inclination of the hook as shown in Fig. 2. The vertical member 40 is provided with a supporting hook H see Figs. 1 and 2.

We are aware that our invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential attributes thereof; and we therefore desire the present embodiments to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, reference being had to the appended .claims rather than the foregoing descrip tion to indicate the scope of the invention.

' Having thus described our invention what We claim is:

1. A garment hanger, comprising a coat-sup:

porting portion of substantially isosceles triangu lar configuration made from an integral wire, a wire extending vertically from the vertex angle of said triangle, one end of the integral wire being twisted around the wire extending vertically from the vertex angle of the said triangle, the wire extending for a convenient distance where it is formed into a helical twist above the vertex angle of said triangle to provide a bearing having an internal diameter ample to receive a laterally bent lower portion of an integral hat-supporting hook member, the wire being further extended verticallyfrom the bearing for a convenient distance and terminating in an open suspension hook, an integrally formed hat-supporting hook member having an upper and lower portion, the lower portion being bent laterally and mounted in the bearing and having a portion thereof protruding beyond the lengthof the bearing ample to permit bending thereof to prevent its withdrawal from the bearing, the upper portion being at a predetermined angle with the lower portion and having its extremity bent in asubstantial U shape to engage the extending up- Ward portion intermediate the bearing and the open suspension hook, the hat-supporting hook adapted to be folded laterally and upwardly of the bearing and parallel with the upwardly ex tending portion terminating in the open suspension hook.

2. A garment hanger comprising a coat-supporting portion, a member extending upward, from the coat-supporting portion and having twist to provide a bearformed therein a helical ing ample to receive a laterally bent lower por-' tion of a hat-supporting hook member, the member extending upward beyond the bearing and terminating in an open suspension hook, a hatsupporting hook member having upper and lower portions, the lower portion being bent laterally and secured in the bearing, the upper portion being at an angle to the lower portion and having its extremity bent in a U-shape to'engage the portion extending upward beyond the bearing, the hat-supporting hook adapted to be folded laterally and upwardly of the bearing.

JOHN A. DOCKSTETI'ER. JOSEPH E. SAVAGE. 

